My Coilovers...
My Coilovers...
Im low but need to go lower at the rear...
...any ideas? - Ive already took the bump stops off!
...any ideas? - Ive already took the bump stops off!
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
You'll bottom out surely...
Get some pics on here
Get some pics on here
///M Roadster - Evolve Stage 3
Re: My Coilovers...
Will have fresh pics uploaded by this time next week. I just need to go lower.
Dont know how to do it.
Having said that, how strong are our sumps?
Dont know how to do it.
Having said that, how strong are our sumps?
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
Put it this way my M was lowered 30mm and the exhaust used to catch on the odd occasion.. So I fitted thicker spring pads to raise it slightly.. Now its spot on..
I know its about the looks for you mate but be careful you don't ruin the drivability of your zed..
I know its about the looks for you mate but be careful you don't ruin the drivability of your zed..
///M Roadster - Evolve Stage 3
Re: My Coilovers...
WOAH!
Well ive lowered mine as much as possible then lowered it some more.
Still need to get lower....
Well ive lowered mine as much as possible then lowered it some more.
Still need to get lower....
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
How low we talking ?
You'll have sparks coming from the back as your driving
You'll have sparks coming from the back as your driving
///M Roadster - Evolve Stage 3
Re: My Coilovers...
thats fine, happpy with that.
taking the spare wheel off next week too.
taking the spare wheel off next week too.
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
If you've wound down and took the stops out etc surely u can't go any lower?
///M Roadster - Evolve Stage 3
Re: My Coilovers...
Best way to lower more...
Go out with a fat bird or sand bags in the boot
Go out with a fat bird or sand bags in the boot
///M Roadster - Evolve Stage 3
Re: My Coilovers...
Yeah, gonna take spare wheel off, will it with cement and secure it back by welding ALL over with lead.
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
Take all the wheels off,...... dont get any lower than thatdallantan wrote:Yeah, gonna take spare wheel off, .
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Re: My Coilovers...
not a bad idea. dont drive the thing anyways...gookah wrote:Take all the wheels off,...... dont get any lower than thatdallantan wrote:Yeah, gonna take spare wheel off, .
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
- Southernboy
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Re: My Coilovers...
Some update pics would be cool...
Re: My Coilovers...
Southernboy wrote:Some update pics would be cool...
Have been meaning to for somem while. Will try for Weds but will most likely be Sat/Sun now.
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
Mine is lowered and I have to be careful on poor country roads. Speed bumps are a definite no no. Seriously considering getting some 18" wheels just to give me a little bit more clearance (over the standard 17") but still keep the lowered look.
- Southernboy
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Re: My Coilovers...
I have 18's...it 's somewhat better, but the speed bumps are a nightmare as are driveways which suddenly pitch downhill from the street...I considered the Reiger spoiler, but what's the point if I'm going to leave crumpled in the road after a couple of k's...
- Badman gee
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Re: My Coilovers...
Because there bigger.Zedonist wrote:So how does the fitting of 18" wheels raise the height of the car?
Re: My Coilovers...
My front tyres are only 215/40/17, I kind of assumed that if I went to 18 inch wheels with 40 tyres I would get a bit more clearance?
Re: My Coilovers...
From our street, to get to our garage you have to go over a little hump and then down the driveway and my exhaust often catches underneath, more so in the winter due to the extra weight of the hardtop. A few months back I took my summer wheels off the front to get the tyres changed and put my old winter 16's on.Southernboy wrote:I considered the Reiger spoiler, but what's the point if I'm going to leave crumpled in the road after a couple of k's...
The tyres on these were a bit flat, so I went to the the petrol station to pump them up and as I went over the top of the drive and the exhaust caught a bit more than normal anyway I carried on and heard a crunch
Stopped and got out and the reiger lip had decided to mate itself to the tarmac . This was because the tyres were a lot flatter than normal and made the front end lower but luckily it didn't do to much damage only a few scuffs underneath which can't be seen unless you look under the bumper. You have to be very careful if the car is lowered and you have any sort of lip or splitter fitted, especially over speed humps etc.
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- Southernboy
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Re: My Coilovers...
That's what I thought...I go over the speed bumps almost sideway to avoid the exhaust bottoming on the road...a lot of the speed bumps here are due to residents complaining about speedsters...so I always give the motor a good rev when I depart the bumps..they're not the quietest....
Re: My Coilovers...
agree pictures required.
I went as low as my coil overs allowed and it scrappe don most things. Looked good though, I noticed the guy i sold it to has left it low...i like that!
I went as low as my coil overs allowed and it scrappe don most things. Looked good though, I noticed the guy i sold it to has left it low...i like that!
Re: My Coilovers...
pictures will be ready as on tomorrow
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
Re: My Coilovers...
Zedonist wrote:Mods, can we ban Dallantan for not posting pictures please, thread is pointless without.........
you haven't mentioned banning Dallantan, for just having the name Dallantan...... yet!
Z3 2.8 Progress Journal (Mine)
Z3 1.9 Sport Progress Journal (Wifey's)
I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
Re: My Coilovers...
i love you all hahahahZedonist wrote:Good point, Mods, can we ban Dallantan for the name Dallantan, too ambiguous..........gookah wrote:Zedonist wrote:Mods, can we ban Dallantan for not posting pictures please, thread is pointless without.........
you haven't mentioned banning Dallantan, for just having the name Dallantan...... yet!
Dallan |07712 415 619
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.
OZ Breyton 3-Piece Splits (17x9 & 17x12), Rayvern Hydraulics, Custom Top Mounts, Bespoke Hubcentric Spacers, Strutbrace, Aero Wipers, Wind Deflector, PiperX Air Filter, Deleted Plate Recess, Deleted Front Badge, Smoothed Boot, Continental Fogs, All Red Rears, Cleaned Bulbs (all round), Stubby Aerial, Black Grills, Halo Projector Lights, Components Upgrade, Clifford 5104x Intellistart Alarm, Custom Boot Install.